Bypoll for two LS, 11 assembly seats on Dec 4: EC

Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 18:06 [IST]

New Delhi, Nov 7 (UNI) Byelections will be held on December 4 for the Bobbili and Karimnagar Lok Sabha seats from Andhra Pradesh and 11 assembly seats spread over ten states, the Election Commission announced today.

The assembly constituencies comprise Roing-ST (Arunachal Pradesh), Manihari (Bihar), Kota (Chattisgarh), Chamundeshwari (Karnataka), Thiruvambadi (Kerala), Pandhana-SC (Madhya Pradesh), Daryapur and Chimur (Maharashtra), Rongjeng-ST (Meghalaya), Dungarpur (Rajasthan) and Islampur (West Bengal).

Nominations will open with the issue of notifications on November 10, while the last date for filing papers is November 17. Scrutiny will be done on November 18 and the last date for withdrawal is November 20.

Counting will be taken up on December 7 and the election process would be completed before December 9.

UNI SN RP HT1738

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